Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.

There’s a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

Before, I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now.

In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.

But I have to say, probably when I’m about 30 I’ll be pretty, not settled, but happy with what I’ve accomplished so far. I’m happy where I am now.

Fans always ask, ‘What did the bedroom look like?’ All they ever saw was Alice or Ralph going in and out.

Everybody’s a teacher if you listen.

I’d like to think I could do something great – a performance like Meryl Streep’s in ‘Sophie’s Choice’ – at some point in my life. At the same time, though, I don’t want to put...

I don’t date rock ‘n’ rollers. I just marry them.

I can remember crying on the set of Beverly Hills 90210 after being released from the show a few years ago.

I’ve lived three lifetimes in my short time.

I quite agree with you. The sun is not kind. God should use a rose amber spot.

It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had them. My parents were not getting along. My mother was quite intolerant of...

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That’s the story of my private life.

The fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me as perfectly foolish.

I think it’s sort of disrespectful to the partner you’re having sex with to talk about it.

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched.

A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.

This entire process has been a surreal experience. You have action figures, you have the Internet, you have drinking mugs in the shape of your head.

As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all.

I was not cut out to be a rebel.

Television is simply automated daydreaming.

One trait of addictive families is that we never recognize our own addictions.

Then no matter what goes on around you in the physical universe, hang on to what you know.

Sometimes there’s one person in the audience laughing hysterically, and it’s so much fun. You end up playing the entire play to them.

It’s important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible.

Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn’s disease.

I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn’t want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.

Yeah, the thing is, when people think ’70s, they think disco, but we’re not disco, we’re like Kiss, Rolling Stones, Twisted Sister.

I’m pretty good at indulging myself. I’m about to go travel for a week. I like to get massaged, go into steam rooms. I take care of myself.

For some men the power to destroy life becomes the equivalent to the female power to create life.

You’ve got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.

If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I’m sorry, I don’t believe that’s America.

There we times when everybody in the house has the flu. You’re cleaning up vomit and it’s 2 in the morning, and you’re wishing there was somebody else there to help you.

I was very young when we got married and I don’t know why it worked out like it did or how I was smart enough to know that this was the right guy, but somehow...

I’m not unaware of the fact that probably my biggest audience is lesbians, and is probably the main reason why I’ve attained the success that I have.

Yoga’s an amazing release.

I’ve learned that it’s OK to be flawed.

Just standing around looking beautiful is so boring.

My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that.

The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.

My career has been odd in the sense that I did a lot of films early in my career and then for years I only worked in the theater in New York.

I wasn’t sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust...

I certainly feel more comfortable onstage because I’ve been doing it for seventeen years. But I do feel like it’s my home, when I’m on the screen.

I haven’t collected memorabilia. I am not a person who lives in the past.

Well, that’s the impression they have, but as far as I am concern, I must appoint cabinet people that I know and I believe who can perform the job.

The work that must be done for each woman to reconnect with her psyche and to give herself a chance to live her own life is essentially the same. The realization of the equality of...

I can’t remember when I wasn’t an animal rights activist.

I’m very grateful for the platform that I’ve had in my life to speak out about the things I care about.

My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.